Album no. 8

"While a return to her original alternative pop style, Album No. 8 is nonetheless a creative departure from her past work. Produced by Leo Abrahams, it finds Melua in a deeply introspective mood, crafting lightly experimental songs that evince the influence of '70s Krautrock and more-contemporary indie rock influences ... Album No. 8 is an intensely personal album that feels like Melua made it for herself first and foremost".

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"Your Longing Is Gone is perhaps the album's standout, a heartbreaking, yet bittersweet ode to a love disappearing showcasing Melua's soaring vocals and her trademark intrinsic melancholy. The album closes with the pensive Remind Me To Forget with Melua emerging from her shell and heralding a new dawn. So open some red and dive into this ethereal set of personal songs: with Album No 8, a beguiling autumn is here".

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"Den georgisk/britiske sanger og sangskriver Katie Melua har siden (...) debuten været en af de bedst sælgende sangere i Europa ... derfor mødes hun af høje forventninger, når hun sender et nyt album på gaden - i det aktuelle tilfælde: Album no. 8. Men ikke overraskende indfrier hun forventningerne (...) Nu er hun oven i købet modnet, mere erfaren, mere stilsikker - som sangskriver og sanger - alt imens hun har formået at bevare sit uskyldsrene udtryk, sin ungdommelige autenticitet ... Derfor ville jeg også ønske, at Katie Melua - eller folkene omkring hende - havde modet til at mere målrettet at forfølge det autentiske og skære fedtet fra (strygerne, det sukkersøde, det pæne, det polerede)".

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"This might be pop found on the radio in the 60s, yet it doesn't feel old-fashioned even when strings raise the tunes to the next level. There are baroque qualities adding to the overall effect that make this perfect listening for reflective Sunday afternoons after a third cup of coffee. Sit back, relax and float along".

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"produktionen emmer af 60'er-70'er-pop på 'Album No. 8' - Katie Meluas første album med udelukkende egne tekster - hvor hun spørger 'How'd you make a love like that last?'. Bittersødt og med et helt symfoniorkester som backing".

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